Roof of discs with their own hands
What to do with old CDs/DVDs and othermore antique vinyl records? In addition to useless storage, throwing away in a landfill or small crafts from disks, a considerable number of obsolete media carriers can be used in a truly large-scale project - a roof made of disks with your own hands!
Where can I make a roof from disks
This method of covering is suitable for any roof.from wood or other material to which you can nail the disks or a wooden panel with disks already attached. Of course, for residential premises it is better to use professional roofing materials, but for such buildings as sheds, gazebos, extensions or awnings over the entrance, such cheap, water-repellent clothing, which, in addition, is made from unnecessary garbage and trash, is perfect. Instead of disks, you can use vinyl records, if, of course, you can find such a large number.
Still, it's easier to find discs now than vinyl ones.records, so further we will talk specifically about the roof of CDs. In order to reliably lay the disks on 1 square meter of surface using this method, you will need 120 disks. Moreover, the existing holes in them will be covered by the neighboring ones, so the moisture will not leak, but freely flow down. Like this:
The roof of the disks - the course of work
In each disk you need to carefully drill a small hole for nails or screws, like this:
To speed up the process, you can trydrill not one at a time, but several at once, while securely fastening the entire stack so that the holes are in the same place everywhere. Next, you should think about the future appearance and pattern of your roof. You can lay the disks with the front or back (mother-of-pearl) side up. Some advantages of laying with the shiny mother-of-pearl side up: reflection of ultraviolet rays, which will contribute to a longer service life of the coating, and also slightly cool the space under the roof. On the other hand, such tiles can be too annoying for neighbors, letting sun bunnies into the windows. You can use not only single-color, but also multi-colored disks, laying out a certain pattern, picture or inscription.
The discs can be nailed with suitable nails.size or screw them in with screws using a screwdriver. To ensure that the row of disks is located on one straight line, it will be convenient to draw straight lines with a pencil or charcoal.
You need to start from the bottom of the roof and then lay the disks according to the diagram shown above. Make sure that the holes in the disks overlap each other.This way, in about an hour you cancover one square meter of the panel with tiles made from unnecessary disks. The author of the idea tested the roof in conditions of rain and hot summer sun; in the fall, the original roofing was in excellent shape.
